NCBI Book Tag Sethttp://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/book/The site for the NLM book DTD (document type definition): "The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a center of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), created the NCBI Book Tag Set with the intent of providing a common format for the creation of textbook content in XML. NCBI will use the Document Type Definition (DTD) version of this Tag Set to define the content data for the NCBI Bookshelf."Shifting from Print to Electronic Journals in ARL Librariesby Chandra Prabha (Serials Review 33.1 [March 2007]: 4-13)See, for instance, the pie chart comparison showing the decrease of print only from 64% in 2002 to 30% in 2006. Available via subscription or purchase online.

U.S. Wholesale E-book Sales Statisticshttp://www.idpf.org/doc_library/industrystats.htm"The International Digital Publishing Forum collects quarterly US trade retail eBook sales in conjunction with the Association of American Publishers (AAP). ...The IDPF has aggregated quarterly statistics from the AAP's program and earlier IDPF statistics program.... "The Digital Future of Booksby Jeff Gomez, Director of Internet Marketing, Holtzbrinck Publishers (Wall Street Journal [May 19, 2008]: A13)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121115298895702155.htmlThis opinion piece asks, "If the Internet is the most
powerful communications advance ever – and it is – then how do this
medium and its new devices affect how and what we read?"

CCC is proud to present an interview recorded on JunAdditional Resources - National Information Standards Organizatione
17th with the Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group and
expected Executive Director of the Book Rights Registry, Michael Healy.
In this interview, Mr. Healy discusses his thoughts on how the
settlement benefits readers, researchers, authors and publishers and
how it could potentially revolutionize the way the world accesses
knowledge.

Google, the Web and the Future Roles of Publishers and Librarianshttp://www.nfais.org/events/event_details.cfm?id=56June 26, 2009 NFAIS meeting, co-sponsored by the iSchool at Drexel University. "This meeting will take a look at Google's evolution and the role that it is positioned to play in the future."

CCC's Authors Guild, AAP, Google Settlement Seminar Serieshttp://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=pu18"The proposed class action settlement between Google, the Authors Guild
and the Association of American Publishers remains in the forefront of
today's news. To help keep you fully informed and up-to-date with the
latest developments, CCC is offering a series of interviews, seminars
and presentations featuring leading experts who are well versed on the
settlement and its various components."

ALA 2009: The Changing Standards Landscapehttp://www.slideshare.net/event/ala-2009-the-changing-standards-landscapePresentations from the 2009 NISO/BISG forum focused on e-books. Forum description: "The market for e-books has expanded
rapidly in the past year and the release of new readers, along with the
ever increasing amount of new content, makes it likely this growth will
continue. On July 10, 2009, BISG and the National Information Standards
Organization (NISO) co-hosted their third annual standards forum,
providing a big-picture look at the development and impact of common
e-book standards, and a discussion of the pain points that persist."NetGalleyhttp://www.netgalley.com/"NetGalley is a website where publishers can invite contacts to view their print or digital galleys, and readers can request galleys they want to review."

No Shelf Requiredhttp:// www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired"No Shelf Required provides a forum for discussion among librarians,
publishers, distributors, aggregators, and others interested in the
publishing and information industry. The discussion will focus on the
issues, concepts, current and future practices of Ebook publishing
including: finding, selecting, licensing, policies, business models,
usage (tracking), best practices, and promotion/marketing. The concept
of the blog is to have open discussion, propose ideas, and provide
feedback on the best ways to implement Ebooks in library settings. The
blog will be a moderated discussion with timely feature articles and
product reviews available for discussion and comment."